SAXO GRAMMATICUS.

Saxonis Grammatici Danorum Historiae libri XVI, tre centis abhinc annis conscripta, tanta dictionis elegantia, rerung. gestarum varietate, ut cum omni vetustate contendere optimo iure videri possint. Accessit rerum memorabilium Index locupletissimus. Des. Erasmi Roterodami de Saxone censura.

Basel, Io. Bebelium, 1534. Folio. Later full vellum. (18th cent.). Some minor cracks to hinge. A few brownspots to title-page and last leaf. Titlelabel with gilt lettering. Fol. (16),189, (1, verso with printers woodcut device) . First leaf of text w. a broad woodcut frame, made after Holbein. Many woodcut initials. Small stamp on titlepage and in one margin. A large exceptional clean copy

The rare Basel-edition of Saxo. It is the second Saxo-edition, but it is rarer than the first. Ther present work constitute the first full history of Denmark for posterity and to this day the most important of all Danish historical publications. This magnificent work contains the first known written narrative of the legend of Hamlet and served as the basis for Shakespeare's play.

Adams S,631. - Lauritz Nielsen, 241.

Order-nr.: 51683